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Record 1 2017-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

The main artery carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body.

CONT

The aorta has many elastic fibers which allow it to function as a compression chamber or reservoir for blood during the rapid ejection from the left ventricle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
DEF

Tronc d'origine de toutes les artères de la grande circulation, qui naît du ventricule gauche et se termine, par trifurcation au niveau de la quatrième vertèbre lombaire.

CONT

Immédiatement après avoir quitté le cœur, l'aorte, qui se dirige obliquement vers le haut, (aorte ascendante) donne naissance aux deux artères coronaires destinées au myocarde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
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